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On this edition of Focal Point News, we give updates on the Impeachment hearings and we show how a man is bringing the Christmas spirit to Mason, Michigan. East Lansing has “Green Friday” deals and MSU’s College of Engineering present their work at Design Day
In Sports, Draymond Green retires his jersey and we highlight MSU Men’s Hockey vs. OSU.
In Entertainment, the hit musical Aladdin comes to the Wharton Center. The stories and more on Focal Point.
Three Michigan universities were recently ranked among the U.S. and Canada’s greenest colleges by two organizations. The Princeton Review listed Michigan State University (19th) and Grand Valley State University (38th) among its top 50. The Sierra Club ranked Grand Valley State University (59th), Michigan State University (66th) and the University of Michigan (71st) among its top 100. By Helen Korneffel.
Michigan State University’s College of Education has been recognized as the best education college in a global ranking, jumping three spots from last year. The Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects ranks over 1,800 universities world wide each year. The rankings are based on higher education research. MSU’s College of Education also ranks number one in the U.S. for elementary and secondary education, according to the U.S. News and World Report. It’s the 25th straight year for that honor.
It’s not every day that you see a collaboration between the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Center for Survivors, but that’s what one program is helping bring together. The program is called Justice Heals and it’s providing sexual assault survivors support while giving shelter dogs a second chance at life. “[It’s] a journey that we would work with the survivors and dogs from start to their finishes or their destination,” said veterinary behaviorist Dr. Marie Hopfensperger, who helped found Justice Heals. Justice Heals is broken down into four steps starting with an initial meeting between the survivor and the dog evolving into gradual meetings like taking the dog for a walk. The final step is the potential to adopt the dog.
Michigan State’s College of Social Science offers 31 different undergraduate majors from economics to criminal justice to history. But, there’s one that goes a little deeper. “We go through the process where we create what’s called the biology profile where we look at the age, sex, ancestry and stature of the individual as estimated from their human skeletal remains,” Dr. Joe Hefner, an assistant professor in the Anthropology Department and Director of the MSU Forensic Anthropology lab, said. Dr. Hefner is a rare kind of professional, being one of about 130 board certified professionals in the country and the anthropology department is a rare kind itself. “We’re one of six PhD programs in the country,” Dr. Hefner said.
Abortions and women’s right to choose to get them or not is a hot topic in the country. California passed a bill that requires the California State University and University of California systems to offer abortion pills to students. A student takes two pills during the first ten weeks of pregnancy to induce a miscarriage. “We think this is a very bad idea,” Peri Pung, the President of Protect Life at MSU, said. But not everyone agrees.
A Michigan State University student tweeted early Thursday morning that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were spotted in south neighborhood. Another tweet conversation shows two students talking about it. One person wasn’t sure if it happened that night, but says a resident assistant claimed this had happened within the last two weeks. Focal Point News reached out to ICE for more information. A spokesperson says they are not aware of any activity on campus.
How do international students keep track of news and events in their home countries? Michigan State University students from Turkey, China and Zambia explain. By Mila Murray.
On this edition of Focal Point News, General Motors workers are on strike for equal benefits. Also, students moving into the newest East Lansing sky rise, The Hub, experienced some unexpected complications. Plus, East Lansing and Ann Arbor were listed in the top ten for fastests growing rent.
In sports, Michigan State football had a homecoming date with Indiana last week, with a high scoring affair between the two teams.
In entertainment, Spider Man is set to return to the big screen.
These stories and more on Focal Point.
State education officials are trying to make it easier for students to transfer from community colleges to the state’s four-year universities. They’ve already created a website for students to test their credits to see if they will transfer. Now they hope to restructure community college curriculum for popular degree programs before the end of the year. We talk to officials at Grand Valley State University and the Michigan Community College Association. By Evan Jones.
On the first episode of Focal Point News this semester, we look at the vaping ban Governor Whitmer enacted. Also, Michigan is now a ‘no-kill’ state, what does that mean? Plus, MSU adds new bike lanes to make biking safer. In sports, we recap the women’s golf journey in the Mary Fossum Invitational and how a new emerging sport is rising in popularity. The trailer for the new “Frozen” came out this week, we’ll look at it in our entertainment segment.